The Central Falls Warriors will play host again on Monday to welcome the Cumberland Clippers, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Central Falls' offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Central Falls is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: North Smithfield, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Central Falls was ranked 23rd). Central Falls and North Smithfield finished up their match with a 1-1 draw on Friday.
Central Falls' goal came courtesy of
Jesus Correa Huyke, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, Cumberland had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They never let the Hawks onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Andrew Cutlip had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Clippers got from the refs.
Central Falls' draw makes their record 4-5-3 this season. As for Cumberland, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
Central Falls suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Cumberland in their previous matchup back in September. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Central Falls was down 5-1.
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